TAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA

NOW IN OUR FIFTH YEAR, TAKECHARGE CONTINUES TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF THE TWIN CITIES TO DISPEL THE VICTIMHOOD NARRATIVE OF DEI AND CRT AND PROMOTE A RETURN TO CULTURAL NORMS OF FAITH, FAMILY AND EDUCATION. THE MOVEMENT HAS GAINED MOMENTUM AND TRACTION AND WE HAVE EXPANDED OUTSIDE MINNESOTA'S BORDERS. WE NOW HAVE TAKECHARGE CHAPTERS IN DETROIT, MI; MEMPHIS, TN; SOUTHAVEN, MS AND OMAHA, NE. WE ALSO HIRED A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TAKECHARGE EXPANSION THAT WILL ASSIST IN CONTINUING OUR NATIONWIDE REACH. BISHOP VINCENT E. MATHEWS, JR. IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, SHARON DENISE MATHEWS AND THEY RESIDE IN MISSISSIPPI. VINCENT FOUNDED THE FAST-GROWING TABERNACLE CHURCH IN SOUTHAVEN MISSISSIPPI IN 2020. HE WILL HELP SCREEN AND RECRUIT LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ALIGN WITH TAKECHARGE'S MISSION AND VALUES TO COMBAT THE FALSE NARRATIVES OF SYSTEM RACISM AND FOCUS ON THE BACK-TO-BASICS WORK OF RESTORING THE CULTURE TO FAITH, FAMILY AND EDUCATION.DUE TO POOR PERFORMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND RESOURCES MISDIRECTED FROM CORE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, TAKECHARGE HAS LAUNCHED A PRIVATE EDUCATION INITIATIVE WITH WASHINGTON ACADEMY. WASHINGTON ACADEMY IS A TURN-KEY, LOW-COST SOLUTION FOR POOR AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES THAT WANT OPTIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. INSTEAD OF RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDS TO BUILD SCHOOL BUILDINGS, WASHINGTON ACADEMY PLANS TO CONTRACT WITH LOCAL CHURCHES TO USE THEIR FACILITIES AS PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.WASHINGTON ACADEMY'S MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM A NEW GENERATION THROUGH FAITH IN GOD, HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS, HIGH EXPECTATIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND A MORAL FOUNDATION OF BIBLICAL TRUTH. THE OPENING OF THESE SCHOOLS IS ONE STEP IN OUR CORE STRATEGY TO RESTORE THE CULTURE AND BREAK THE GENERATIONAL DEPENDENCY ON GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. WASHINGTON ACADEMY SCHOOLS ARE 90 PERCENT DONOR-FUNDED WITH PARENTS PAYING THE REMAINING 10 PERCENT IN TUITION. THE SCHOOLS PROVIDE POOR AND WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR CHILDREN WITH A QUALITY, CHRIST-CENTERED CLASSICAL EDUCATION, FREE FROM INDOCTRINATING DOGMA AND ANTI-AMERICAN TEACHINGS.THE FIRST MINNESOTA BASED SCHOOL WILL OPEN IN FALL 2025. MULTIMEDIA TAKECHARGE HAS REACHED MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THROUGH ITS MULTI-MEDIA PLATFORM, PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. PUBLISHED ARTICLES HAVE APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK POST, THE FEDERALIST, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE, AND OTHERS. KENDALL AND SHEILA QUALLS ALONG WITH MANY TAKECHARGE VOLUNTEERS HAVE APPEARED ON LOCAL RADIO AND TV NEWS PLATFORMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOX AND FRIENDS, THE TUCKER CARLSON SHOW, AMERICA'S NEWSROOM WITH BILL HEMMER, AND THE DENNIS PRAGER SHOW. WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK TO DOZENS OF GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE METRO AND GREATER MINNESOTA EDUCATING PARENTS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS ON THE DANGERS OF DEI / CRT AND DISPUTING CLAIMS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, WHILE ENCOURAGING UNITY AND EQUIPPING CITIZENS TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE DIVISIVE NARRATIVE. IN ADDITION TO A MULTIMEDIA PLATFORM, TAKECHARGE IS FORMING COALITIONS WITH LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PASTORS FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY TO SPEAK WITH CHILDREN, MOTHERS, AT-RISK TEENS AND EX-FELONIES USING THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES: 1. THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR OR SOCIAL STATION.2. THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FREE ENTERPRISE ARE THE FASTEST ROUTE FROM POVERTY TO PROSPERITY FOR ALL AMERICANS.3. A QUALITY EDUCATION IS THE GATEWAY TO PROSPERITY AND PARENTS DESERVE SCHOOL CHOICE TO ENSURE THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION. 4. RESTORING THE TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR FAMILY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. BECAUSE MUCH OF THE POPULATION USES CINEMA AS AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIUM, TAKECHARGE HAS PRODUCED THE LARGEST VIDEO LIBRARY OF BLACK AMERICANS THAT DENOUNCE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, BLACK LIVES MATTER, DEI AND PROMOTE THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF AMERICA AS A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS. WE ALSO PRODUCED A ONE-HOUR DOCUMENTARY, I AM A VICTOR, WHICH EXPOSES THE FALLACY OF THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT'S NARRATIVE THAT AMERICA IS SYSTEMICALLY RACIST AND BLACK AMERICANS ARE VICTIMS. THE FILM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON SALEMNOW, HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION AND WAS FEATURED AT TWO SUMMER FILM FESTIVALS IN NYC AND LAS VEGAS. IN ADDITION, VICTOR WAS FEATURED IN A NEW YORK POST ARTICLE ALONG WITH FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, KENDALL QUALLS. THIS CINEMA PLATFORM WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BEDROCK OF COMMUNICATION FOR TC AS WE CONVEY OUR MESSAGE TO THE MASSES AND RECRUIT ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS IN MINNESOTA AND OTHER STATES. IN 2024, TC PRODUCED A NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM, "MARRY ME" THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN THE SUMMER OF 2025. MARRIAGE IS IMPORTANT. CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS ON THE LADDER OF LIFE ALONE? ENVISION ENCOUNTERING LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS AND CELEBRATIONS AND TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS ALONE. IN THE DOCUMENTARY MARRY ME, WE EXAMINE THE FOUNDATION AND BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE AND TALK TO COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER THROUGH THICK AND THIN. THE DOCUMENTARY COMMUNICATES THE BLESSINGS AND BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE ANOTHER THE WAY CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH.BECAUSE OF THE TRACTION AND GROWING GRASSROOTS SUPPORT, TAKECHARGE IS CONSTANTLY INVITED TO APPEARAS GUESTS ON MEDIA OUTLETS KENDALL'S OPED, WHICH CHALLENGES THE NARRATIVE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, WAS PUBLISHED BY WORLD MAGAZINE. THE ARTICLE FOCUSES ON COMBATING ISSUES LIKE FATHERLESSNESS, WHICH HAS ERODED FAMILY STRUCTURES IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. INSPIRED BY HIS OWN EXPERIENCES AND VALUES FROM FIGURES LIKE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, QUALLS PROMOTES SELF-RELIANCE AND EDUCATION. HE DISCUSSED TAKECHARGE'S COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING OTHERS TO VIEW THEMSELVES AS VICTORS, NOT VICTIMS. LOCAL AND NATIONAL INFLUENCEFATHER'S DAY 2023, TAKECHARGE LAUNCHED THE FIRST ANNUAL FATHERHOOD IMPACT AWARD. ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, THE UNITED STATES HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN THAT GROW UP WITHOUT A FATHER THAN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD X3. 2024 WAS OUR SECOND ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF FATHERS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. WITH ONLY 20% OFTWO-PARENT FAMILIES REMAINING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TAKECHARGE FOUNDED THE FATHERHOOD IMPACT AWARD TO HONOR MEN IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO EMBODY THE PRINCIPLES OF MANHOOD AS LISTED IN THE MAN CODE BY MARK HENRY: 1. ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY2. EXHIBITS GODLY CHARACTER3. HONORS HIS WIFE4. TRAINS HIS CHILDREN5. DOES NOT ABANDON HIS FAMILY6. LOVES THE GOSPEL & THE CHURCH WE RECOGNIZED THE WINNERS FROM EACH CHURCH WITH A PERSONALIZED CERTIFICATE, A COPY OF THE BOOK THE MAN CODE AND A MONETARY GIFT CARD. IN ADDITION, WE HAD THEIR PICTURES TAKEN AND WE PLACED HALF PAGE ADS OF THE WINNERS IN THE STAR TRIBUNE ON FATHER'S DAY DETAILING THE PROBLEM OF FATHERLESS HOMES IN THE UNITED STATES AND RECOGNIZING THESE MEN AS A SOLUTION WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. THIS YEAR, WE PROUDLY ANNOUNCED THAT 11 NEW CHURCHES (16 TOTAL) ACROSS FIVE STATESCALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, AND TENNESSEEPARTICIPATED IN OUR FATHERHOOD IMPACT AWARD. WE RECOGNIZED 48 OUTSTANDING FATHERS! TAKECHARGE ALSO HONORED THE WINNERS BY TAKING OUT A HALF-PAGE AD IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THIS AWARD ANNUALLY WITH A FOCUS ON GROWING THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING CHURCHES. KENDALL PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS IN 2024. BELTRAMI LINCOLN-REAGAN DINNERKENDALL SHARED THE TAKECHARGE MESSAGE AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY LINCOLN-REAGAN DINNER. THE EVENT HAD A RECORD TURNOUT OF MORE THAN 350 ATTENDEES.AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE EVENTCHURCH AND STATE: RE-IMAGINING FAITH COMMUNITIES' ROLE IN K-12 EDUCATION AEI'S SENIOR FELLOW IAN ROWE HOSTED AN EVENT EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN K-12 EDUCATION AND FAITH COMMUNITIES. KENDALL WAS RECRUITED TO SPEAK ON A PANEL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ENTITLED MANAGING INSTITUTIONS BRIDGING FAITH AND EDUCATION. THE EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER SCHOOL LEADERS AND THOUGHT LEADERS TO DISCUSS WAYS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN K-12 EDUCATION AND THE NATION'S FAITH COMMUNITY.GLOBAL KINGDOM NETWORKKENDALL PRESENTED AT THE FIRST GLOBAL KINGDOM NETWORK, A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION OF BLACK PASTORS FOCUSED ON RETURNING TO CORE BIBLICAL TEACHING IN THE BLACK CHURCH. THE RESULT: PASTORS IN THE NETWORK IDENTIFIED THREE PRIORITIES FOR 2025, TWO OF WHICH ARE TAKECHARGE INITIATIVES, RESTORING TWO-PARENT FAMILIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND HOSTING PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS TO RE-ESTABLISH MORAL TEACHING, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND AMERICAN CIVICS. THE NETWORK WILL MEET ANNUALLY TO DISCUSS ISSUES IMPACTING BLACK CULTURE TO PRODUCE A UNIFYING MESSAGE IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS.